Ironing-board.



No..731,278;. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903.. L. B. CAKE.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED-MAR. 4. 1902. RENEWED NOV. 13, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

anuenl'oz WOW War u uses Patented June 16, 1903.

LUTHER B. CAKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lRONING-BOARD.

SPECIFIC A'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,278, dated June 16, 1903.

Application filed March 4,1902. Renewed November 13, 1902. Serial No. 181,267. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, LUTHER B. CAKE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of.

ence being had to the accompanying drauings and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironingboard, showing my invention as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a modification showing two of the plates 9. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of this modified form of plate g. Fig. 5 shows this modified form of plate as applied.

The invention relates to ironing-boards; and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating this invention, the letter a designates the edge of the top of a table, and b the ironing-board.

To the ironing-board is secured under its head end a transverse bar or cleat c, and within a few inches (usually six inches) of this head-cleat is provided a transverse fulcrum bar or cleat d, which is also secured to the ironing-board. This fulcrum-cleat is parallel to the head cleat c and of the same depth, so that their lower edges are on the same level. The edge e of the head end of the ironing-board is flush with the outer surface of the head-cleat c.

To the head end of the ironing-board is secured a metallic strap or plate g, which extends vertically downward below the lower edge of the head-cleat 0, its extension h below such edge being rounded and threaded, as indicated, to receive the bearing-nut 71C. The body of the plate is flat and is secured to the outer surface of the head-cleat, as well as to the edge of the ironing-board. The bearing-nut 7c is provided with several (usually four) broad arms Z, which are beveled on their upper surfaces toward their outer ends. These arms are made large enough to provide a broad purchase on the under side of the end of the table-top when the nut is turned up against thesame, and the nut has sufficient depth at its aperture to give it strength of bearing on the threaded extension of the plate g.

The head-cleat of the ironing-board may be made of metal; but wood is preferred, because a broader bearing may be thereby provided on the table-top.

In Figs. 2 to 5, inclusive, Ihave illustrated a modified form of my invention, .wherein two brackets g are provided, one at each side of the head end of the board. These head-brackets'have fasteningdugs 9 extending at right angles to the vertical portion thereof and securely fastened to the under surface of the board, thus providing a full support for the board. with a shoulder or bearing for the table-top and forming a fulcruming device. Such a metallic bracket can be attached to any ordinary board.

This ironing-board is designed to be readily secured to a table-top of any ordinary thick- .ness, the nut being easily adjusted to bear by one or two of its arms against the under side of said table-top. hen so turned up against the table-top, the nut has a secure bearing thereon and is not liable to be casually loosened, because of the extent of said arm or arms and the frictional engagement with the table-top.

The ironing-board is readily adjusted to any table-top and easily disconnected. broad bearings of the head-cleat and fulcrumcleat are of such character that they will not indent or mar the surface of the table. The

Below this lug each plate is provided The strap connection and its bearing-nut hold the head of the ironing-board securely, and the fulcrum-cleat being quite near the head-cleat leaves the ironing-board free for nearly its whole length for use in ironing shirts, skirts, and articles of like character.

The fulcrum-cleat may be made a trifle deeper than the head-cleat, so that when the ironing-board is placed on the table in position its free end will be raised sufficiently from the table-top to permit large flannels or folds to pass under.

I-Iaving described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. An ironing-board having a transverse head-cleat and parallel thereto, a fulcrumcleat, a metallic plate connected to the head, and having a threaded extension below the edge of-the cleat, and a bevel-armed bearing- 7 nut on such threaded extension, substantially as specified.

2. An ironing-board, comprising the board, its head-cleat and fulcrum-cleat, the metallic threaded extension below the edge of the head-cleat, and the broad-armed bearing-nut on such threaded extension, substantially as specified.

3. An ironing-board having the metallic plate connected to the head portion thereof, and having a threaded extension below the level of the table to which the board is to be secured, a bevel-armed bearing-nut engaging said threaded extension, and adapted to directly engage the under side of the table, and a fulcrum device to maintain the board in raised position above the table, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUTHER B. CAKE. \Vitnesses:

E. MARTIN SHAY, F. M. SPooNER. 

